DPSing as a healer

[KaitlanKela]

To all who claim that healing is your job and nothing else, I ask you, where is that written? Is it in the tooltips? Active help? Serious question.

I think you all just take it for granted that green icon means healing spells and nothing else, but as a scholar I know my toolkit is about 40% healing 40% Dps and 20% situational pet buffs. So if I assume that healing is my only job, I limit myself to less than half my toolkit.

Do you really think it's okay to use less than half my given skills less than half the time and just stand there the rest of the time? In the case of low level dungeons, should I be able to /follow and afk because literally the fairy can do it all by herself? Is that fair at all to the other people playing?

[FunkyBunch]

To all who claim that healing is your job and nothing else, I ask you, where is that written? Is it in the tooltips? Active help? Serious question.

I think you all just take it for granted that green icon means healing spells and nothing else, but as a scholar I know my toolkit is about 40% healing 40% Dps and 20% situational pet buffs. So if I assume that healing is my only job, I limit myself to less than half my toolkit.

Do you really think it's okay to use less than half my given skills less than half the time and just stand there the rest of the time? In the case of low level dungeons, should I be able to /follow and afk because literally the fairy can do it all by herself? Is that fair at all to the other people playing?

Literally the only thing written about Healers and their role is in the Hall of the Novice and it bloody tells you to DPS when no one needs healing.

[Keramory]

Do you really think it's okay to use less than half my given skills less than half the time and just stand there the rest of the time? In the case of low level dungeons, should I be able to /follow and afk because literally the fairy can do it all by herself? Is that fair at all to the other people playing?

This is my argument however. Although I personally DPS in dungeons, I acknowledge by doing so, I'm more then likely doing more then my other party mates. This is because I'm using a majority of my skills as appropriate, as often as I am able. What I don't see is DPS and tanks doing the same. Like...at all.
So can I justify blaming other healers for not doing it either? No I can't. If they want to be lazy fine, everyone else bloody is.

[KaitlanKela]

This is my argument however. Although I personally DPS in dungeons, I acknowledge by doing so, I'm more then likely doing more then my other party mates. This is because I'm using a majority of my skills as appropriate, as often as I am able. What I don't see is DPS and tanks doing the same. Like...at all.
So can I justify blaming other healers for not doing it either? No I can't. If they want to be lazy fine, everyone else bloody is.

And as I said in my other thread, there's a difference between saying "I'm lazy and bad, deal with it," and "not dpsing is acceptable play and I'm not actually bad." It's a misconception that deserves attention to clear up, or else it's never going to get any better. Tanks and DPS don't have this conception as much as the healers do. It's not that healer's are being held to a different standard, it's that our perspective is different and merits discussion/correction.

[FunkyBunch]

And as I said in my other thread, there's a difference between saying "I'm lazy and bad, deal with it," and "not dpsing is acceptable play and I'm not actually bad." It's a misconception that deserves attention to clear up, or else it's never going to get any better. Tanks and DPS don't have this conception as much as the healers do. It's not that healer's are being held to a different standard, it's that our perspective is different and merits discussion/correction.

Other classes argue what the best PPS is, or which cooldown should go where in the rotation. Healers argue about standing around all day and that's SUPER GOOD HEALZ.
Again, for reference, when someone of any class is underperforming, I attempt to help them out. But it's literally only healers that say "GET OFF MY BACK BRO".
I don't care that you don't heal, I care that Healers think that's good play and Healers actively encourage other players to play badly for some reason.